? A major “influx of heavy weaponry” to Syrian rebels, coming through Jordan, may have been supplied by the US “and its major European allies”, as well as Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. They’re alarmed at the “soaring influence of Islamists”.

? “So what should we make of a part of the world where governments have resolutely turned their back on [the austerity] model, slashed poverty and inequality, taken back industries and resources from corporate control, massively expanded public services and democratic participation–and keep getting re-elected in fiercely contested elections?”

? “Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard’s Outside ‘Consulting and Advisory Relationships'”. From there you can get to the even juicier “[Columbia University professor] Fred Mishkin’s ‘Outside Compensation’ List Revealed.”